Improvement in corner-clamps for trunks



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM Ii.'MOWRY, OF GREENWIOH, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORNER-CLAMPS FOR TRUNKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 171,948, dated January11, 1876; application filed December 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. MOWRY, of Greenwich, Washington county,New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCorner-Pieces for Trunks, of which the followingis a specification:

My invention relates to what are commonly called corner-pieces fortrunks-that is to say, metallic strips or plates bent to fit the anglesor edges of trunks and like articles, and designed to prevent injury tothe trunk at these points. i

I am aware that plain metallic strips have been used for this purpose..I am also aware that ships with protuberances or projections have beenused. 1' am further aware that it has been proposed to use corrugatedsheet metal for a like purpose.

The corner-piece l have devised is intended to clasp any portion of thecorner or edge of a trunk. The characteristic feature of the device isthat it is corrugated or bent along each of its longer edges, the bentportion standing at about right angles to the body of the piece, and theedges projecting rearwardly to'such an extent that, when thecorner-piece is fitted to the trunk, they will be in contact with andbear against the trunk. By thus forming the corner-piece 1 im part to itgreat strength and stiffness, and at the same time adapt it to be morereadily, easily, and closely fitted to the trunk, since the edges alonecome in actual contact with the trunk, except, of course, the ends ofthe corner-piece, where the devices that fasten the same to the trunkare applied.

The accompanying drawing represents a corner-piece made in accordancewith my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cornerpiece, A, with corrugated orbent-over edges,

(0, protuberances or projections b for afi'ording additional protection,and perforated ends 0, through which pass the nails that fasten thedevice to the trunk. Fig. 2 is a like view of acorner-piece similar inall respects to the one shown in Fig. 1, save that it hasnoprotuberances b. Fig. 3 is a section of the corner-piece in Fig. 2,the line of section passing vertically through the bend or angle of thedevice.

By reference to this figure it will be seen that the corrugations are soformed as to turn over the edges at about right angles, and that theseedges project rearwardly beyond the rear face of the body of thecorner-piece, for the purposes hereinbefore specified.

The corner-piece is made of sheet metal, and

'is shaped in a stamp-wheel press, in dies, or

by other suitable means.

Having described my invention, and the manner in which the same is ormay be carried into effect, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

A sheet-metal corner-piece for trunks, corrugated or bent along itslonger edges, as described, whereby said edges are turned over at aboutright angles, and project rearwardly, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 24th day ofDecember, A. D.

WM. L. MOWRY.

Witnesses E. ANDREWS, J. H. ADAMS.

